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Gerald Fried (February 13, 1928 – February 17, 2023) was an American composer, conductor, and oboist known for his film and television scores.
Gerald Fried (1928-2023) was a prolific film and TV composer, best known for Star Trek, The Killing and Soylent Green. He also played oboe and conducted symphony music, and taught a master class on film scoring at UCLA.
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Feb 18, 2023 · Gerald Fried, the Oscar-nominated composer who created fight music for Star Trek and worked with Quincy Jones on Roots, has died. He was 95.
- Chris Koseluk
Feb 18, 2023 · Composer Gerald Fried, who won an Emmy for the landmark miniseries Roots and whose 1960s scores, from Star Trek to Gilligan's Island, died Friday.
- Jon Burlingame
Feb 18, 2023 · Gerald Fried, a composer for some of television’s biggest moments in the 1960s, died Friday at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Bridgeport, CT of pneumonia at age 95. Fried won an Emmy for the ...
Composer, author and oboist, educated at Juilliard (BS). He was first oboist for the Dallas Symphony and the New York Little Orchestra between 1948 and 1956. Then he joined Revue Studios in California, lasting until 1960, thereafter working freelance.
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Watch a two-hour interview with composer Gerald Fried, who worked on Stanley Kubrick's films, Gilligan's Island, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Star Trek and Roots. Learn about his creative process, influences and challenges in the industry.